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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Kotzias’ resignation comes at a very crucial time for Greece’s foreign policy and for the region. The process regarding the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM... of the agreement with Albania to resolve bilateral issues remains pending, while bilateral relations
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Tsipras bolsters ties with Europe’s rising leftists but also looks beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Spain’s rampant anti-austerity party, Podemos, on Saturday. He addressed party members and was pictured alongside the rising star of Spanish politics, Pablo Iglesias, who was elected Podemos’s first... Europe’s periphery.” Tsipras identified his own party, Podemos in Spain and Sinn Fein in Ireland
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Fitch keeps Greece’s rating at ‘CCC’
EconomyFitch affirmed Greece’s rating at ‘CCC’ in its scheduled rating review published on Friday evening. The rating agency’s baseline scenario is that an agreement will be reached between the Greek.... Although the adoption of further fiscal measures increases the risk of early elections due to SYRIZA’s
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyA report by the diaNeOsis research and policy institute has painted a troubling picture of Greece’s... 2008-2016, Greece’s GDP plunged by 27 percent, while tax revenues declined by only 7 percent, reflecting... back. Apart from high taxes on individuals, Greece’s corporate tax rate stands at 29 percent compared
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Fire fallout casts doubt on Tsipras’s post-MoU strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsis approaching 100, may affect Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s strategy for the last stretch of the current administration’s time in office. The disaster has undoubtedly tarnished the government’s image... a shadow over the exit from the third bailout on August 20 and Tsipras’s speech at the Thessaloniki Expo
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Opposition parties cry foul over prosecutor’s findings in spyware probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsrushed to judgement. The PM’s former chief of staff (and nephew) Grigoris Dimitriadis, who had been... the affair, posted on social media that the court’s decision put an end to any speculation around his... called on the government’s critics to apologise to Dimitriadis for slandering him over the affair
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Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicserupted in Parliament on Wednesday over the government’s stance on migration, as the debate on a new..., but supported the coastguard’s version of events that the migrant boat had capsized in the course... for saving lives, as well as for “guarding the country’s borders”, warning that Greece faces a battle
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Athens balances EU line and opts for observer role in Trump’s Board of Peace
PoliticsForeign PolicyAfter some deliberation, Athens has decided to participate in US President Donald Trump’s “Board....” Greece, as well as Italy, Romania and Cyprus, is to participate as a non-member at Thursday’s.... Major EU countries such as Germany and France have passed on Trump’s invitation, citing concerns
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
PoliticsPM lauds new energy push with Chevron deals, Turkey objectsThis week’s signing of four new... moment for Greece’s energy strategy and its geopolitical standing in the wider region. At a ceremony held at the PM’s office on Monday, the government awarded concessions for the exploration
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Coalition ministers, MPs wrestle with implications of Eurogroup agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsa discount until now. He was beaten to it, though, by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads... are well aware of the concerns within the coalition’s ranks and are trying to reflect... with the government’s own policies. This is a precursor to the coalition’s aim to bring its own legislation
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